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  1. Author portrait: Salar Abdoh

    Salar Abdoh

    Salar Abdoh was born in Iran and attended Wellington School in Somerset for a short time. His father was a wealthy and prominent cultural figure but at the time of ... More

  2. [author] ableman, paul

    Paul Ableman

    Paul Ableman (1927-2006) was a novelist, playwright and screenwriter, born in Leeds and brought up in London and New York. He was the author of five novels, the most famous ... More

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    Gerald Abraham

    Gerald Abraham (1904-1988) was a distinguished musicologist, holding honorary doctorates from the universities of Durham, Liverpool, Southampton and California. Among the official posts he held were Professor of Music at ... More

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    Peter Abrahams

    Born in South Africa, from where he came to England before moving to Jamaica, Peter Abrahams is the author of many novels and the famous autobiography Tell Freedom. His work ... More

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    C. J. Ackerley

    C.J. Ackerley teaches at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is co-editor of The Faber Companion to Samuel Beckett: A Reader's Guide to His Life, Works, and Thought (2006) ... More

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    Harold Acton

    Harold Acton (1904-1994) was a writer, scholar and aesthete who listed as his principal recreation 'hunting the philistines'. From the balcony of his Oxford rooms he famously declaimed passages from ... More

  7. Author portrait: Gilbert Adair

    Gilbert Adair

    Gilbert Adair has published novels, essays, translations, children's books and poetry. He has also written screenplays, including The Dreamers from his own novel for Bernardo Bertolucci. More

  8. [author] John Adams

    John Adams

    Born and raised in New England, John Adams was exposed to both classical and jazz music from an early age. After graduating from Harvard during the tumultuous period of the ... More

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    Samuel Adamson

    Samuel Adamson's plays include: Some Kind of Bliss (Trafalgar Studios), All About My Mother (from Almodóvar; Old Vic), Fish and Company (Soho Theatre/National Youth Theatre), Southwark Fair (National Theatre), Drink, ... More

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    Christopher Adey

    Christopher Adey began his distinguished conducting career in 1973 as Associate Conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Since then he has developed a busy international schedule, but he retains ... More

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